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@uitrit .ftent du-ut @ft-ira WILLIAM vGEORGE CROSSLEY, OF CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND.

ters Patent No. 75,531, dated March 17, 1868.

' IMPROVEMENT IN vELocIPEDE EOE LAND AND WATER.

TQ ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GEORGE CROSSLEY, of Cambridge, England, haveinvented a new and useful Improved Land and Water Velocipede and I doherebydeclare that the following is afull and exact des`crip- .tionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and totheletters of'rcierence marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure I is a plan view, Figure II a side'view, andAFigure III a side sectional v ieW of my device. 1 This inventionconsists oi' a velocipede arranged in such a manner as to be equallyadapted to land or Water. It consists of a carriage or body formed inthe shape of 'a boat, and having sidewheels, connected With each otherby a main shaft across the centre, of the body, similarly as in the caseof the ordinary steamboat. This main shaftA, has double cranks upon it,which are operated by treadles B, in the bottbm of the boat', and bylevers a, 6, e, 8vo., arranged in connection with the cranks andtreadles in such a manner that the shaft 'A may be revolved by bothlevers and treadles in conjunction. The crank-rods, connecting with thetreadles, are also arranged so that they may be detached, if desired,and the cranks operated by the levers alone.

In the drawings, it is shown that the levers a, b, c, and d are arrangedtwo on each side of the body, and are hinged, at thebottom, at 0,0.0 o.Theilevers on each side are .connected with each other by rods ff, thecrank-arms g g acting for both, each'arm, g, being connected with th'eforemost lever. By this arrangement of cranks, levers, and treadles, allAor nearly all -of the passengers of the vehicle are enabled to takepart in its propulsion at the same time.

The paddles, for-Water progression, are arranged upon Vthe Wheels insuch a manner that, when not inuse, they may be-folded in so as not toimpede the revolution of the Wheels, in the land operation, by catchingthe air. They consist of ilanges lc lo c,'&c.,'hinged upolrthe spokes ofthe wheels, so Ias to fold forward, but when lopened are prevented fromfolding back, leither by the construction of-the hinge or other suitablemeans.

At the fron-t `of thebody of the vehicle is placed` a guiding-wheel,arranged with a. tiller, projecting inwards over the front seat. Thiswheel can be entirely unshipped, when the vehicle is aquatic, and placedinside. A rudder, similar in construction and arrangement to thoseordinarily in lise upon small boats', is placed atthe stern, and'canalso be taken oft when desired.

An arrangement may be used for raising or loweringthe shaft by means ofrods :v and w', which havethe main bearings upon them, and can belowered or raised to the proper degree by means ofthe screw p, on oneend, and the adjustingpin q, upon the other. I

The advantages of this device are that the same vehicle may be propelledover land and water. It can be made very cheaply and light, and all ornearly all of the passengers mayassist in itsmoton, bymeans of the footandA hand-levers. 4

Non', having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The velocipede, in which the body ismade 'so as to serve asa boat orcar-,'asthe same is used upon land or water, and constructedsubstantially 4as herein described.

2. The combination of` treadles B andlevers a, b, e, tc., for operatingthe shaft, arranged substantially in the mannershovvn.`

WILLIAM GEORGE' GRossLEY.

Witnesses:

LEWIS HENRY MUNsoN, A HUGE ROBERT EVANS.

